C++ is the most commonly used language in introductory and intermediate programming courses in Bulgarian universities. In recent years this language has developed greatly. Its abstractions are more flexible and affordable than ever before. Such great number of changes are related to the launch of the new standard (known as C++11) that we have grounds to consider it even a new language. It is in...

The presence of paranoid thoughts is not exclusive to clinical disorder; recent data suggest that their prevalence follows an exponential-shaped curve, with many people experiencing a few such thoughts, while a few people experience many such thoughts. Wong et al (pp. 221–229) found that this exponential curve was also evident in their assessment of paranoid thoughts in children, but the freque...

Th is research was carried out to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling yield and yield components in rice using 196 F2:4 lines derived from a cross between two rice varieties of indica, Sepidrood and Gharib. Quantitative trait loci analysis using composite interval mapping was carried out by 105 SSR and 111 AFLP markers. Results showed that 8 chromosomes contain 28 regions (QTLs)...

We employ a novel multi-configurational selfconsistent Green’s function approach (MCSCG) for the simulation of nanoscale Schottky-barrier field-effect transistors. This approach allows to calculate the electronic transport with a seamless transition from the single-electron regime to room temperature field-effect transistor operation. The particular improvement of the MCSCG stems from a divisio...

Treatment process models are efficient tools to assure proper operation and better control of wastewater treatment systems. The current research was an effort to evaluate performance of a submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) treating combined municipal and industrial wastewater and to simulate effluent quality parameters of the SMBR using a radial basis function artificial neural network (RBFAN...

In an effort to determine the genetic basis of exceptionally large tomato fruits, QTL analysis was performed on a population derived from a cross between the wild species Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium (average fruit weight, 1 g) and the L. esculentum cultivar var. Giant Heirloom, which bears fruit in excess of 1000 g. QTL analysis revealed that the majority (67%) of phenotypic variation in frui...